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Weekend Tastings

We have some quite special treats in store at the wine shack for your FREE sampling pleasure. This will be a great way to keep your weekend groove going, and I highly encourage you to carve out some time for these fabulous examples of the winemaking craft. Stop by to say hello and discover some great wines  on Saturday from 11:00-5:30 or Sunday from 12:00-5:00.

Featured Wines
Burgundy Bargain: 2020 Domaine Pillot Mercurey

If only we could buy pinot noir from Oregon this good for such an amazing price. Instead we have to go halfway around the globe <sigh>. This is such a treat for all of you/us who think that true[more]

2021 CANTINA VALLE ISARCO Kerner “Alto Adige”

Every vintage this Italian beauty from Cantina Valle Isarco is one of my favorite wines, red or white, that I carry here at VINO. I love the pretty, pure whites produced by this great Alto Adige winer[more]

European Explorations!

2021 LA COMARCAL Tinto “Delmoro” $20.95 bottle/ $201.00 case I don’t know if I’ve had this irresistible a bottle of Spanish red in years. I am just 100% smitten here! La Comarcal (“The Distr[more]

Vin Blanc/Vino Bianco/Vino Blanco

Vin Blanc/Vino Bianco/Vino Blanco However you want to say it in Europe, here’s three more whites very deserving of your attention, and your wine glasses! 2021 DOMAINE TABORDET Pouilly-Fumé SOLD OUT[more]

Marvelous Merlot: 2018 L’ECOLE #41 Merlot “Columbia Valley”

Quite possibly my favorite Washington merlot right here, and a wine that the experienced hands at L’Ecole totally have dialed in. This is richly textured and flavored, impeccably balanced, and a per[more]

Sudtirol Sublimity: Colterenzio Schiava!

I fell in love with the reds made from the schiava grape when I was in northeastern Italy’s gorgeous Alto Adige region last year. It was the perfect red to imbibe after a day spent hiking in the stu[more]

Well Accessorized!!

Most, but not all of these, come through an importing company called Haus Alpenz ( alpenz.com ), where you can find further descriptions and cocktail ideas. Others you can google and get loads of info[more]

April 20 & 21, 2024

FREE Weekend Wine Tasting!

>> SATURDAY/SUNDAY SAMPLING <<<

And as always following a fabulous VINO E-Special offer there’s be some very worthy wines open for your pondering both Saturday (11:00-5:00) and Sunday (12:00-5:00). The four following bottles are available for FREE tasting both days, and of course the patio will be open should you want to buy a glass and have some quality you time! Whatever you do, definitely make plans to indulge in some of these life enhancing liquids…
~ 2014 CHATEAU DE BRAUDE Haut-Medoc …$27.95
10-year old Bordeaux in a perfect drinking window. Everything is working on this classic beauty!
>> 90 pts- Wine Advocate: “The 2014 Château de Braude has an attractive blackberry, cedar and tobacco-scented bouquet that opens with a sense of confidence in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with supple and fine tannin. The acidity is well judged and it gradually builds to a lightly spiced finish that begs you back for another sip. This Haut-Médoc is worth hunting down.”
>> 92 pts- Wine Enthusiast: “Owned by Château Mongravey of Margaux, this estate is in Macau in the southern Médoc. The wine is richly fruity, firmly tannic with both wood and fruit tannin. It is dark, dense and complex, a ripe wine that has a great future.”
~ 2023 DIVISION WINEMAKING CO. “Ouest” Rosé …$17.95
~ 2022 RUGGERI CORSINI Langhe Rosato …$15.95
~ 2021 12 E MEZZO Primitivo Puglia …$15.95